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Psychiatric drugs explained / David Healy ; foreword by Richard Brook

By: Healy, David, 1954-.
Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2016Edition: 6h ed.Description: xiv, 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780702045080.Subject(s): Psychotropic drugs | Psychopharmacology | Mental illness -- Chemotherapy | Mental Disorders -- drug therapy | Psychotropic Drugs -- therapeutic useGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 615/.788
Contents:
Introduction -- Antipsychotics -- Antipsychotic side effects and their management -- Antidepressants -- Side effects of antidepressants -- Management of acute bipolar disorder -- Mood-stabilisers -- Drugs for children -- Anxiety disorders -- Benzodiazepine anxiolytics -- Anxiolysis and the serotonin system -- Beta-blockers and anxiety -- Sleep disorders and insomnia -- Non-pharmacological management of insomnia -- Hypnotics -- Sedatives -- Cognitive enhancement and the dementias -- Cogntive enhancement and neuroprotection -- The range of sexual difficulties -- Effects of drugs on aspects of sexual functioning -- Physical dependence type 1 -- Physical dependence type 2 -- Physical dependence type 3 -- Consent -- Pharmacological abuse -- Liability -- The ethical industry -- Evidence-biased psychiatry -- The marketing of psychiatric disorders -- From health care to Pharmageddon
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction -- Antipsychotics -- Antipsychotic side effects and their management -- Antidepressants -- Side effects of antidepressants -- Management of acute bipolar disorder -- Mood-stabilisers -- Drugs for children -- Anxiety disorders -- Benzodiazepine anxiolytics -- Anxiolysis and the serotonin system -- Beta-blockers and anxiety -- Sleep disorders and insomnia -- Non-pharmacological management of insomnia -- Hypnotics -- Sedatives -- Cognitive enhancement and the dementias -- Cogntive enhancement and neuroprotection -- The range of sexual difficulties -- Effects of drugs on aspects of sexual functioning -- Physical dependence type 1 -- Physical dependence type 2 -- Physical dependence type 3 -- Consent -- Pharmacological abuse -- Liability -- The ethical industry -- Evidence-biased psychiatry -- The marketing of psychiatric disorders -- From health care to Pharmageddon

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